The Healthcare ETF that could be hit by Trade Wars
The healthcare sector is usually viewed as defensive and derives significant portions of revenue from within the U.S., making the group an ideal sector for investors looking to avoid the […]
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New Company Lets Investors Bet On Doctor-Vetted Medical Startups
Doctor knows best, can now be applied to investing. That’s the idea behind RedCrow, an alternative investment platform out of Mill Valley, California that provides investors with access to doctor-vetted […]
Artificial intelligence could replace doctors?
A scientist has warned AI will eventually make doctors ‘obsolete’. Artificial intelligence has a ‘near unlimited capacity’ to diagnose diseases and perform surgery more accurately than medics, according to Dr […]
Google AI sees its future in medicine
If recent research is any indication, artificial intelligence (AI) has a bright future in medicine. Nvidia developed an AI system that can generate synthetic scans of brain cancer. Google subsidiary […]
AI: Self-learning machine to help cancer therapy
MIT researchers are employing novel machine-learning techniques to improve the quality of life for patients by reducing toxic chemotherapy and radiotherapy dosing for glioblastoma, the most aggressive form of brain […]
Stoxx 600 Health Care Index: a strong support in a trading range
In September 2017, I wrote an article about the STOXX 600 Supersector Europe Health Care Index, pointing out that there were technical signs of a delicate but constructive situation. I […]
The Amazon effect is planning on Healthcare system
Amazon, JP Morgan Chase, and Berkshire Hathaway announced today they are forming a non-profit joint venture to manage and streamline their employee healthcare programs.
The CEOs of these giant companies — Jeff Bezos of Amazon, Jamie Dimon of Chase, and Warren Buffet of Berkshire Hathaway — say the new company will focus on technology solutions that will provide high-quality health benefits at a reasonable cost.
Scientists are closer to a blood test to detect eight types of cancer
The aim of the test, CancerSEEK is called, is to catch the disease early and save lives. In a study Thursday in the journal Science, Johns Hopkins University scientists looked to see how well their experimental test detected cancer in people already known to have the disease. The blood tests found about 70 percent of eight common types of cancer in the 1,005 patients. The rates varied depending on the type – lower for breast tumors but high for ovarian, liver and pancreatic ones.